Prisons and Probation

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what real-terms changes in spending on (a) prisons and (b) the Probation Service he plans will take place between 2012 and 2017.

Jeremy Wright: The following table provides a direct resource expenditure on public and private sector prisons for 2012-13 and draws a comparison with the budget figures for 2013-14. It also provides the outturn and budget figures across the two years on probation trusts.
	Please note that the allocated budgets for 2013-14 may be subject to change during the financial year. Due to changes in priorities, scope and accounting treatment the figures may not be directly comparable. The 2012-13 outturn on prisons has been adjusted to reflect this.
	
		
			  2012-13 Outturn (£ million) 2013-14 Budget (£ million) Variance (£ million) Variance (%) 
			 Prisons 2,196,121 2,015,116 -181,005 -8 
			 Probation 305,859 798,982 -6,877 -1 
		
	
	I am unable to provide information for future years as allocations to MOJ's business groups beyond 2013-14 have not been agreed and because settlements beyond spending round 2013 (2015-16) have yet to be negotiated.